Hunting Easter Eggs, homemade Easter baskets, Easter dinner. How I loved that family together feeling. The Ten Commandments > ABC > Sunday, April 5 It is also one of the most financially successful films ever made, grossing approximately $122.7 million at the box office during its initial release - it was the most successful film of 1956 and the second-highest grossing film of the decade. In 1957, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, and Charlton Heston was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) for his role as Moses. Charleton Heston and Yul Brynner star in The Ten Commandments. At the time of its release on November 8, 1956, it was the most expensive film ever made. It is a partial remake of his 1923 silent film of the same title, and features one of the largest sets ever created for a motion picture. DeMille, the film tells the Biblical tale of Moses from his birth through leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, complete with the burning bush, the parting of the Red Sea and Moses receipt of the holy tablets from God.įilmed on location in Egypt, Mount Sinai and the Sinai Peninsula, the film was DeMille’s last and most successful work.
Robinson as Dathan, Yvonne de Carlo as Sephora, Vincent Price as Baka, Debra Paget as Lilia, John Derek as Joshua, and features Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Sethi, Nina Foch as Bithiah, Martha Scott as Yochabel, Judith Anderson as Memnet, among others. Starring Charlton Heston in the iconic role of Moses, the film from Paramount Pictures also stars legendary actors Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Queen Nefretiri, Edward G. DeMille film from 1956 was an annual tradition for many families who gathered to watch the story of Moses every Easter. The Easter classic, The Ten Commandments, will air as an “ABC Special Presentation” on Sunday, April 5 (7:00-11:44 p.m., ET/PT) on the ABC Television Network. DeMille’s epic masterpiece - on Easter Sunday. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)ĪBC has announced that it will air the 1956 classic The Ten Commandments - Cecil B.Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window).